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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

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5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Pather Panchali
Song of the Little Road Satyajit Ray
2.
Rififi
Du rififi chez les hommes Jules Dassin
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Films

3.
Kiss Me Deadly Robert Aldrich
4.
Diabolique
Les Diaboliques
The Devils Henri-Georges Clouzot
5.
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
6.
All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk
7.
Lady and the Tramp Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, and Hamilton Luske
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Films

8.
Richard III Laurence Olivier
9.
Guys and Dolls Joseph L. Mankiewicz
10.
The Desperate Hours William Wyler
11.
Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges
12.
The Big Knife Robert Aldrich
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Films

13.
The Violent Men Rudolph Maté
14.
House of Bamboo Samuel Fuller
15.
East of Eden Elia Kazan
16.
The Man with the Golden Arm Otto Preminger
17.
Smiles of a Summer Night
Sommarnattens leende Ingmar Bergman
18.
The Trouble with Harry Alfred Hitchcock
19.
The Ladykillers Alexander Mackendrick
20.
Rebel Without a Cause Nicholas Ray
21.
Blackboard Jungle Richard Brooks
22.
Oklahoma! Fred Zinnemann
23.
To Catch a Thief Alfred Hitchcock
24.
Mister Roberts Mervyn LeRoy and John Ford
25.
Summertime David Lean
26.
We're No Angels Michael Curtiz
27.
The Big Combo Joseph H. Lewis
28.
The Man from Laramie Anthony Mann
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Films

29.
Mr. Arkadin
Confidential Report Orson Welles
30.
The Seven Year Itch Billy Wilder
31.
It's Always Fair Weather Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
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Films

32.
Joe MacBeth Ken Hughes
33.
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Creeping Unknown Val Guest
34.
Moonfleet Fritz Lang
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Films

35.
This Island Earth Joseph M. Newman
36.
The Far Horizons Rudolph Maté
All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk 
Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges 
Blackboard Jungle Richard Brooks 
Diabolique
Les Diaboliques
The Devils Henri-Georges Clouzot 
East of Eden Elia Kazan 
Guys and Dolls Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
House of Bamboo Samuel Fuller 
It's Always Fair Weather Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 
Joe MacBeth Ken Hughes 
Kiss Me Deadly Robert Aldrich 
Lady and the Tramp Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, and Hamilton Luske 
Mister Roberts Mervyn LeRoy and John Ford 
Moonfleet Fritz Lang 
Mr. Arkadin
Confidential Report Orson Welles 
Oklahoma! Fred Zinnemann 
Pather Panchali
Song of the Little Road Satyajit Ray 
Rebel Without a Cause Nicholas Ray 
Richard III Laurence Olivier 
Rififi
Du rififi chez les hommes Jules Dassin 
Smiles of a Summer Night
Sommarnattens leende Ingmar Bergman 
Summertime David Lean 
The Big Combo Joseph H. Lewis 
The Big Knife Robert Aldrich 
The Desperate Hours William Wyler 
The Far Horizons Rudolph Maté 
The Ladykillers Alexander Mackendrick 
The Man from Laramie Anthony Mann 
The Man with the Golden Arm Otto Preminger 
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton 
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Creeping Unknown Val Guest 
The Seven Year Itch Billy Wilder 
The Trouble with Harry Alfred Hitchcock 
The Violent Men Rudolph Maté 
This Island Earth Joseph M. Newman 
To Catch a Thief Alfred Hitchcock 
We're No Angels Michael Curtiz 
Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges 13 February 1955
The Big Combo Joseph H. Lewis 13 February 1955
Blackboard Jungle Richard Brooks 25 March 1955
East of Eden Elia Kazan 10 April 1955
The Violent Men Rudolph Maté 15 April 1955
Kiss Me Deadly Robert Aldrich 28 April 1955
This Island Earth Joseph M. Newman 15 June 1955
Lady and the Tramp Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, and Hamilton Luske 22 June 1955
The Seven Year Itch Billy Wilder 02 July 1955
The Far Horizons Rudolph Maté 04 July 1955
Moonfleet Fritz Lang 18 July 1955
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton 27 July 1955
Mister Roberts Mervyn LeRoy and John Ford 30 July 1955
To Catch a Thief Alfred Hitchcock 05 August 1955
Pather Panchali
Song of the Little Road Satyajit Ray 26 August 1955
House of Bamboo Samuel Fuller 28 August 1955
The Man from Laramie Anthony Mann 31 August 1955
It's Always Fair Weather Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 02 September 1955
We're No Angels Michael Curtiz 08 September 1955
The Trouble with Harry Alfred Hitchcock 03 October 1955
The Desperate Hours William Wyler 12 October 1955
Joe MacBeth Ken Hughes 18 October 1955
Mr. Arkadin
Confidential Report Orson Welles 20 October 1955
Rebel Without a Cause Nicholas Ray 27 October 1955
Summertime David Lean 07 November 1955
Diabolique
Les Diaboliques
The Devils Henri-Georges Clouzot 21 November 1955
The Big Knife Robert Aldrich 24 November 1955
Guys and Dolls Joseph L. Mankiewicz 23 December 1955
All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk 25 December 1955
The Man with the Golden Arm Otto Preminger 16 January 1956
The Ladykillers Alexander Mackendrick 03 February 1956
Richard III Laurence Olivier 11 March 1956
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Creeping Unknown Val Guest 26 April 1956
Rififi
Du rififi chez les hommes Jules Dassin 05 June 1956
Oklahoma! Fred Zinnemann 16 November 1956
Smiles of a Summer Night
Sommarnattens leende Ingmar Bergman 23 December 1957
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